I'd love to have an alternate app store. I think all the current app stores are anti-competitive to the point they're stifling innovation, so competition would

I'd love to have an alternate app store. I think all the current app stores are anti-competitive to the point they're stifling innovation, so competition would be good for everyone but the rent seekers. I also think a big PR campaign is just part of the game. I mean look at how successful Apple's been at convincing people their only motive is security and privacy for their users. At least there's some awareness being raised for both developers and users. The app stores are hugely successful demand aggregation platforms and the result of that is developers becoming a commodity. Apple and Google don't care which million developers are in their stores and beyond the top 100 apps the developers are nothing more than interchangeable cogs.